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COLUMBIA, S. C. Wednesday Horning, February IO, 1868. SIGNS OF STRIFE. -The most emphatic re oommendatiou that General Grant has made, ia his intercourse with his fellow citizens at Washington, is, that the tenuro of-officc law shall bo repealed; and the uext, in emphasis, is, that the Indian Bureau shall be transferred to the War Department. But tho S?nato refused to relax its grasp on tho control which the tenuro-of-offico law gives it, audthe Senate's Indian Com in itt co reporta in favor of the indefinite postpone? ment of the Houso bill for the transfer of tho Bureau. These things nro not ominous of harmony between the next administra ton and its party in Congress. Grant, it is said, has much strength of will. Hu has been known to yield to allurements, whether to opposition or not we aro unable to say. We wish to see fair play, and, if need be, a fair fight. "Whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad," and perhaps, if Grant wishes to destroy the radical Congress, he can do so by making it mad himself. -o Clark Milla is working on his Lincoln monument, which is to be of Tennessee marble, seventy feet high, with six eques? trian and thirty-one other statues iu bronze. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Wadsworth, Thomas and Howard, are to be on horse? back; and Lincoln, his cabinet, and others standing.; Stanton hos bcon finished ready for moulding, and stands nine feet two inches. Bishop Simpson, also in thc same state of completion, is a few iuches taller. Jay Cooke & Co. have testified their grati? tude by contributing $1,000 towards Stan? ton's effigy. -o SORBY FOR THEM.-It is now stated that out of tho millions of women, married and single, in tho United States, about COO con? stitute the entiro number of tho noisy pha? lanx that clamor for female suffrage, and they are chiefly confined to Pennsylvania, New York and Now England. They are Now England women generally-tho New York Sunday Times asserts-womeu edu? cated up to a point that unfits thom for feminine pursuits. Sorry for them. -o-! THE COBBIN AMALGAMATION Binn.-Mr. Corbin's unprecedented bill to validate the late contested municipal eleetiou iu this city, amalgamating or blending legislative and judicial functions, involves a pnlpablo violation of the following provision in tho now State Constitution: ARTICLE 1. SEO. 2G. "In tho government of this Commonwealth, tho Legislative, Executive and Judicial powers of the go verumont shall bu forever separate and dis? tinct from each other, and no person or per? sons exercising tho functions of ono of said departments shall assume or discharge tho duties of any other." Mr. Corbin, as legislator, takes part in passing a law to regulate municipal elec? tions. Doubts arise as to tho construction of that law, and Mr. Corbin, the legislator, in the gai8e of a bill, assumes the judicial function of interpreting that law, and thal so as to promote his success us the feet lawyer of one of the contestants! [Charlesto>t Courier. -O RAILROAD CONTRACT.-We understand that the coutruct for tho construction of tin first I division of the Georgia Air Lim Railroad, extending from Atlanta to Char lotte, N. C., has been awarded to Messrs Scott, Bouduraut & Adams, of this city The.io gentlemen aro all practical and ex perienced railroad men, abundantly quali tied to execute thia work in an en tirol; satisfactory manner. Tho extent of th contract given them is twonty miles, beiuj thut portion of the road immediately Eas of Atlanta, which is all that has yet bee! let. They will commence.operations at once [Lynchburg Republican. -o HOMICIDE IN HENDERSON VILLK, N. C.-W aro reliably informed that Willie, sou of Di W. W. Wbitted, of Henderson ville, N. C. shot and killed Mr. A. M. Hawkins, of thu place, last Sunday. The facts ie. the caso ar these: Moro than a year ago, there is said t have been improper intimacy between Hav kins and Dr. Whitted's wifo. Willio shot r Hawkins last summer without effect. O Sunday last, as Hawkius came out of til Baptist, Church, Willie shot him in tl: breast with a pistol, causing death to ensti at once. Willio then gave himself up to tl civil authorities.-Raleigh Standard. -o DEA'rn OF A PROMINENT MERCHANT.-M Morris Seligman, a copartner in tho hou of George A. Hopley & Co., of this city, dh yesterday morning, at 4 o'clock, iu tl fcixty-nrst year of his age. Mr. Seligmi was a native of Hamburg, Germany, ai carno to this country in 18r??, to lill tho po; tion of ehiof clerk in the house with wh?< he beean.* connected in 1857. [Charleston News. Senator McCreery and otherd hnvo hi au interview with Attorney-General Evin in regard to the release of Lieuteua limine, of tho Confed?ralo Navy. Evai h ibfs whether Blaine's caso comes with Ibo amnesty, bul listens favorably to t ai ; eal ?OL' mercy on his behalf. DBAXIIOFTWO GOOD CITIZENS.-Wit! tho last two weeks, Barnwell District 1: b< a deprived of two of her most excelle ?itizous-Maj. W. II. Barker, un i Maj. J. N ix.-iii ..m v ll Sentinel. Presentment ot tn? Grand J ar jr for Rich. lnnd-Fcbrnnry Term, 186?. Tho Grand Jury, having carefully con? sidered the var i OUR mattera of public inter? est demanding their attention, respectfully make tho following presentments: The changes in tho laws of South Caro? lina, with reference to the County officers, having been quito recout, scarcoly sufficient time has olnpsed to systematize aud perfect the rules and orders nocossary to bring all the offices into an efficient and completo working ordor. But, in general, tho officers have applied themselves to their various duties with a caro and fidelity which enti? tle them to tho confidence of tho public, and which arguo well for tho pro^ao tion of its welfare. The duties of tho County Commissioners are various and arduous, and upon them depends, in au especial manner, the welfa: cf tho County. Combining in themselves the entire duties which formerly devolved upon the Commissioners of Road?, of Bridges, of Public Buildings and of tho Poor, and being paid officers, no excuso should bo allowed for inattention to their important trusts. Tho Grand Jury is pleased to commend Mr. John H. Bryant, of tho Board of Commissioners, for the zeal and energy he bas exhibited in the dis? charge of his duties. His efforts, however, have not met their full roward, in conse? quence, partly, of tho inefficiency of tho law, and partly, from the want of a duo co? operation by the other members of the Board. Tho Grand Jury find the public roads to be in a very bad condition. They have been but partially worked, aud are now, in many places, almost impassable; vehicles, to and from tho Columbia market, having to resort to old fields and by-ways. This is, however, mainly attributable to the refusnl of parties to work tho roads, and to tho use of inadequate tools by many of thoso work? ing. The law imposes a fino for the refusal to perform this duty, but it bas been found, in most cases, impossible to collect tho fine tho Commissioners haviug no available means by which to enforce it. Tho County Poor House needs tho fos? tering caro of tho County. It now contains twenty-one inmates, of whom but three aro colorod. But in cousequenco of the changed condition of tho colored population, it is very probable that many of the aged and infirm of that class will bo daily thrown upon the public care. And in consequence, too, of the dreadful losses both of life and property which tho State has sustaiued, thc pauper list must continue to swell by addi? tions from all classes. Measures cannot bo too early iustituted to mako full provision for such contingencies. Tho Superinten? dent doubtless does all in bis power to al? leviate the condition and promote tho com? fort of those under his charge, but the in? stitution is loft too much to itself to bo that efficient charity which tho law intends and the timos demand. No regular provision seems to bo made for medical attendance, und the Superintendent is but a half respon? sible officer, with very limited means ami no clearly defined powers. If it be possible to givo him a small salary, to enforce a ju? dicious system of rules and regulations, ami to require of the inmates spinning nut weaving and farm laboring, a great advance would be made towards the thorough or ganization and efficiency of tho institution, and towards its own soli-sustenance; lifting thereby, from tho heavily burdeued sboul ders of the people, a not iueomiderabh weight. The Grand Jury find tho County jail t< be a substantial and commodious building with nil needed facilities for tho comfor and security of the prisoners. But mon rigid polieo laws shoulel be instituted fo tho daily clcauiug of tho sinks and prisoi cells, which were found tobo in an offensiv condition. Tho premises immediatel; around and adjacent to tho building won iu an exceedingly dirty condition, seemin, to be tho depository of sweepings from th jail aud filth from tho wiudows. The Grand Jury find incarcerated in th County jail a prisoner, styling himself Isau Gwens, who it seems was tried by Militar Commission in March last, for an offene committed in Kershaw County, while actin under orders of tho Sheriff; was sentence to Fort Macon, where be was confined fe soveral mouths, and npou the restoration e civil law was sent to this jail. It seems t tho Grund Jury that bis case needs invest gation. Tho needs of tho Court and County o ficcrs for a suitable building havo been wt and nmply supplied by tho conversion t the Carolina Hull to these purposes. As precaution, however, against firo ?md tl ovil conso(|iiences of losing tho public n cords, tho Grand Jury would suggest tl importance of supplying iron safes, at tl earliest practicable moment, to tho Clerk tho Court, tho Sherill' ami tho Judge Probate. Tho (Jraud Jury, in the discharge of tl high duties devolved upon them, havo , present Magistrate Wm. B. Johnston, f I malfeasance in office, in this: That the sa I Magistrate, Wm. B. Johnston, in violatit of tho Acts of 1827 and 1831), has, in crin nal or State cases, not only mudo and c( lectcd foes in advance, but that thc said fe were illegal, being moro than thoso pi scribed by law. This hus resulted, in soi instances, to a stoppage of justice; as pi sons applying for warrants could not pi euro thom, being uuublo or unwilling pay the fees iu advance. And violators the law have gone unnoticed by tho law a uuwhipped of justice. lu connection with this subject, it I come to tho kuowledgo of tho Grand Jr. that certain officers bavo agreed npon illegal foo bill, fixing tho fees in advau Although approved by a Military Co mandant of tho Post of Columbia, a just gard for the claims of the law, upon its f restoration, would seem to bare suggested the propriety ot a return to the charges in such ways and such amounts as the law had nreaorih?d. The Grand Jury have also to present Wm. B. Johnston, Coroner, for drunken? ness and incompetency in tho discharge of of his high and most responsible duties. This abandonment of the dignity and duty of the office occurred most prominently and notoriously at tho_coroner's inquest, in Au? gust last, over the*romains of Dallas Smith; and in January last, in the arrest of the Sheriff. In conclusion, the Grand Jury would re? spectfully roturn their thanks to his Honor, the presiding Judge, for the care and abili? ty displayed in his charges to them; aud to the Solicitor for his attention and great as? sistance. And they offer congratulations upon tho evidences of a return to better times. The bountiful crops with which farmers' labors were last year blessed; .ringing in our midst of capital for the erection of manufactories; the new impetus given to tho projection of important lines I of railroad; are all cheering auguries that] the night of adversity is brightening into day by tho RUD of a new and fuller pros? perity. JAS. E. BLACK, Foremnu. -o-. Dr. George II. Peters, who killed Gen. Van Dorn, has recently been united in the holy bonds of mp.trimony with his former wife, from whom ho was divorced in couse queuco of her intimacy, as claimed, with Gen. Van Dorn. Miss Peters, his daugh? ter, has, in consequence, renounced her design of becoming a nun. NEW YORK NEWSTAPAB RECEIPTS.- The following aro the receipts of the principal Now York daily journals for the past three mouths, as reporlod to the internal revenue officers: Herald, $189,945; Times, $130,938; Tribune, 8131,859; Journal of Commerce, $25,500; Express, 824,100; Evening Post, $28,100; Commercial, $0,841; P..morey's Democrat, $10,558. White's Gardening for the South, Ott, "How to Grow Vegetables and Fruits in the South" -pri?e $2.00. Feb U DUFFIE & CH A PM A N. Soap ! Soap ! ! pr /\ BOX KS Coburn Family SOAP, known here Ow tofore as tho Soap sold by Mr. lt. C. Shiver, iuet received and for aale low, hy Feb 9 J. .V T. B. AON KW. Self-Raising Flour. pr/\ BBLS. self-raising FLOU II, ju*t recoivod OV/ aud for salo low to the trade, ami at retail, hy J. A T. li. AGNEW. Potatoes ! Potatoes ! ! 2pr BBLS. Pink-Eye Planting POTATOES, .) 25 do. Choico Eating Potatoes, just re? ceived and for salo at reduced prices, by Feb 9 J. A. T. lt. AGNEW. VALENTINES. WE will open, THIS MOUNING, n beautiful ?election of VALENTINES, juet arrived la?t evening, from New York, varying in price bom fi cents to $4.00-sent by mail, carefully packed, to anv address. Liberal discounts to merchants. Feb i) DUFFIE A CHAPMAN, Bookseller**. United States Internal Be venue. COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, 3? DisTiue-r, S. C., COLUMBIA, February s, ison. ON THURSDAY, 18th instant, 1 will sell, ONE STILL, capa d worm, (damaged.) Sold for violation of United State? Internal Keveline laws. Terms cash. lt. M. WALLACE, Feb 0 3 Deputy Collector. Helichrysum Compositum Maximum ^^^^^^^^^^^ SE^EDS, je.st received at Feb ;> E. B. JACK80 N'S. FINE GOLD WATCHES. FINE GOLD SETS, ^^q? W?? 18 K. PLAIN (iOLD^lin ?SB KINGS. FINE GOLD SLEEVE BUTTONS, GENUINE SCOTCH PEBBLES SPECKS, AMERICAN CLOCKS. A LABOE ASSORTMENT OF THE ABOVE ARTICLES JUST RECEIVED, AT I. SULZBACHER'S. Feb 0 Si^'ii of the Green Specks NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OK THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. -o JAY COOKE & Co., General Agts., WASHINGTON, D. C. IS a National Company, chartered by special Act of Congress. Cash capital $1,000,000, paid in full. This Company offers, by reason of ita largo capital, low ratus of premiums and new tables, the most desirable moans of insuring lifo yet pro aonted to tho public. Tho most inviting feat uro ia, that it ia a Homo Company, in every locality. The money paid for prcmiuma will ho invosted in tho section whero received: so it is a matter of pride as well as interest that such profits should bo appropriated to tho benefit of onr city and among ourselvoa, whero so much is needed. Every one, thereforo, has a special iutcrest in tho matter of insuring in thia Company, and socuring for themaelvcs and their families tho rich fruits of thia liberal provi Bion. Circulars, pamphlota, with full particulars, given on application to E. H. HEIN ITS H, Feb 9_ Ofl'ieo at the Drug Store. To Newspaper Publishers. FOR SALE CHEAP, a quantity of LEADS, BRASS DASHES, etc., suitable for columna of about twelve oms pica. Apply at Ptarnix offioo. Jan G Ziooal Items. -o RESPITED.-Mack D. Goodwyn, who waa sentenced to be bang at Spartanburg, on Friday next, bas boenrospited by Governor Scott, for thirty days. -o Wo aro requested to stato that tho usual Thursday night reception, at the Governor's residence, will take place to-morrow even? ing. Mr. M. J. Gannon, tho geueral traveling agent for tho Augusta Chronicle .'nd Senti nel and the Bonner of the South, ia stopping at Nickersou's, and paid us a visit yesterday. He will romain in Columbia a few days. -o CASH.-Our terms are strictly cash-no exceptions. If an advertisement is to bo inserted, band over tho money; if a paper is subscribed for, tho mone3' must accompany tho order-otherwise no attention will be paid to them. Thia rule will bo adhered to. -o Ou?t Jem OPFIOK.-The Phofnix Job Oflice is now prepared to execute overy manner of printing, from visiting and business cards to pampblcta and books. With ample ma? terial aud first-class workmen, satisfaction is guaranteed to all at New York ^prices. If our work does not como np to contract, we make DO charge. With this understanding, our business men can have no excuse to send their job work North, when it eau be done at home. TUE LENTEN SEASON. -Yesterday was tho last day of the pre-Lcnton season, frequent? ly called Shrove Tuesday, from the word shrive, devout Catholics taking caro to bo shrived on that doy before the commence? ment of L'mt. In "merry England," how? ever, it is better known as "pancake day;" tho principal feature of tho dinner on Shrove Tuesday having been from time im? memorial a plate of pancakes. Pro-Lent, terminating with Shrove Tuesday, with Ash Wednesday, begins tho actual Louteu season. Henceforth festivities aro abandon? ed, not to bo rosumed until the anniversary of tho resurrection of our crucified Saviour. Ash Wednesday derives its name from au early custom prevailing in Home of the priest blessing ashes made from palm; which bad been blessed the previous year aud laid up for the purpose, and put ting them upon the heads of penitents tc remind them that they aro but elust oi ashes, and to dust or ashes they must fiualb return. By tho Anglican and Episcopa Churches tho fast of lieut is observed, bu in a modified way. Moderato abstinenc from food and au intermission from guiet; and pleasure is recommended in order tho more time may bo devoted to religious re llection and public devotion, tho churchs being frequently open for thc latter pur poso. Tho services throughout Lent av of a steadily-increasing solemn charade] and it is thought that tho season greatl tentls to spiritual good und religious di volopment. COURT OV COMMON PLEAS AND GENERA SESSIONS-February 0.-In tho caso i Henry Maxcy, (colorod,) for the murder < Alexander Reilley, (white,) tho jury, at lato hour on Monday night, rendered a ve diet of guilty of manslaughter, with a r commendation to mercy. Mander Anderson, charged with stealii cotton, was brought up for arraigumeu Col. Alexander C. Haskell, his counst mado a motion to quash tho indictmcs which v. as strongly opposed by Mr. Talle The motion was sustained by tho Judg Col. Haskell then made a motion to relea his bond aud dischargo the prisoner; whi< was also opposed by Mr. Talley; but tl motion was granted by tho Judge. In tl caso, neither tho namo of tho prisoner n tho owner of tho cotton were in tho warra of arrest or in the affidavit. Immediate after tho Judge's decision, thc prisoner w I re-arrcsted under an affidavit of tho owner thc cotton. For want of bail, he was co mitted to jail. Tho caso of Hasting Beoso and lau Lediugham, indicted for burglary and 1 cony, was taken up and continued to a li hour, when, after arguments from tho St citor, ami W. K. Backman, Esq., for I prisoner, tho Judge charged tho jury a they retired; but had not retarned up tho hour of closing our report. Tho case of Louisa Wilson, (colore for tho murder of Mrs. Beechner, has bi assigned for to-day. -o MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tho post offici open during tho week from 8y? ?.m- to ' m. On Sundays, from 4 to 5 p. m. 1 Charleston and Wostern mails aro open dolivery at 5 p. m., and oloso at 8% p. Charleston night mail open 8}4 &? m., cl 4% p. m. Northern open for doliver p.m., closo 1 \% a. m. Groon ville opeu dolivory G p. m., closo 8% p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attention is oalled to the following advertisements, published for the first time this morning: Looket Found-Apply at this Office. J. 8. McMahon-Proposals. Meeting Columbia Chapter, R. \ A. \ M. -. Pavilion Hotol, Charleston, S. C. Notice to Florenz Hertwig. Jacob Leviu-Salo of Mule. -o MR. EDITOR: A complaint appeared in the Phoenix, that five tierce? of freight coBt $22.00 from Charleston to Columbia, when the freight from Now York to Charleston was only $2.00; or forty couts per tieroe. This was less than four cents per 100 pounds. Complaint is also made that the drayage and wharfage, in Charleston, amounted to moro than the freight from New York. I havo seen the charges in Charleston; the drayage in that oity is seventy-five couts per 1,000 poun i3. Those five tierces weigh 5,100 pounds; the drayage charge is forty-five cents per tierce. The vessel brought this freight in ballast. The South Carolina Railroad has no occasion to bring freight ns ballast. Tho railroad charged thirty-seven cents per 100 pounds which is a fuir rate. The parties who pub? lished thc article should have been candid enough to state ali tho facts. TRUTH. -o HEADACHE, DYSI-ETSIA, COSTIVENESS. Should you bo afllicted with cithor of tho above complaints, use "Heinilsh's Queen's Delight," nnd you will get speedy relief. This valuable remedy (to which wo call spe? cial atteutiou in another column) is regard? ed by every one the very best remedy for those diseases arising from a disordered state of the stomach, nerves and bowels. Indeed, it is asserted, upon high authority, that '.?Ioinit6h's Queen's Delight" is tho moat extraordinary medicino known to me? dical men. The cures border on tho mira? culous; and it must be a subject of rejoicing that so excellent a medicine is discovered in our midst. Try a bottle of it. For salo by FISHER & HEINITSH, Druggists. -o JURISDICTION OF MAGISTRATES.-In the Court of General Sessions, the question os to the jurisdiction of Magistrates In crimi? nal cases, came up before Judge Carpenter, on the return, yesterday, to a rule to show cause why certain persons were detained in custody. Tho Judge decided that no power vested in Magistrates to hear and determine charges against persons accused and to commit to jail upon such trial. That the authority vested in them under the recent Acts of the Legislature, was confined to the hearing of the cause and the commitment of thc accused to jail upon sufficient evi deuce, to staud trial at the approaching term of tho Court of General Sessions. Several prisoners, therefore, sentenced to jail by Magistrates, wero ordered to be re? leased. -Charleston Courier. -o Dr. Thomas P. Atkinson, whilom the editor of tho Danville Reporter, has pub lished a prospectus of a now book to be called "Tho Lives of the Carpet-baggers," and appeals to correspondents in all quar? ters for information. Ho desires that per? sons acquainted with any circumstances in tho lifo of any of tho carpet-baggers now in tho South, should address him at Danville. Salnave has destroyed two towns in San Domingo, and captured nnothci. The in? habitants of Aux Cayes and vicinity are panic-stricken, and many aro escaping to Jamaica. It is stated that the sale of revolvers to merchants and other citizens in Now York, for personal protection, is unusually large. Tho entire villago of Craigsville, Orange County, New York, with 500 acres of land and a cotton factory, has been sold for $40,000. Funeral Invitation. The relatives and friends of Major Thomas Taylor, and of tho Misses Marshall, aro invited to attend tho funeral sorvie.es of Miss FANNY MAR? SHALL, at Trinity Church, TO-DAY, at half-past 12 o'clock. PAVILION HOTEL. Oharleston, S. C. BOARD, PEU DAY, .... $3.00. MKS. H. L. BUTTERFIELD, Proprietress. A. BcTTBnFlEU), Superintendent. Fob 10 Locket Found. A SMALL GOLD LOCKET found, which tho J\, awucr can havo by paying for this advertise? ment and a gratuity to tho finder. Call at Fob iga PHGISIX OFFICE. Notice to Florenz Hertwig, OF an INHERITANCE. His present address is requested, by FREDERICK UINKEL, Attornoy at Law, 13'J broadway, (P. O. Box 1,153, ) Now York city. Feb 10 G Columbia Chapter No. 5, R. A. M. A REGULAR CONVOCATION of Colnm ri?K/?fcf?bia Chapter No. 5, R. A. M., will bo hold, JfrSg-it Masonic Hall, THIS EVENING, at 7 *8BBJ?o'clock. Rv order of tho High Priost. Feb 10 1 W. H UPSON WHIG, Secretary. United States Internal Revenue. DEPUTY COM.KCTOU'H OFFICE, 3D DISTKIOT. fl- G., January i), 1?G9. NOTICE ia hereby Riven to all panics who may olaim an interest in a STILL, CAP AND WORM, aoi/.od for violation of Internal Rovonuo Laws, from Daniel Livingston, of Orangeburg County, togivo bond to defend a suit for forfeiture of tho same, in United Statos Dis riot Court, in 30 days from thia date, or it will ho sold. R. M. WALLACE, Jan 10 Deputy Collector 3d Dist rict, H. C. To Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights. CITV CLERK'S OFFICE, Coi.iiMiiiA, February tl, 18(59. PROPOSALS for tho blacksmith and Wheel? wright work required by tho Street Depart? ment, wdl ho entertained by tho City Council, at their next regular meeting, on tho lfith instant. Persona who desire to hid for tho abovo work, will be furnished with a Met of tho articles required, at thia ofiieo, and any further infoi mation will be given on application to tho City Clerk. By order of tho City Council. Fob 10 ? J. S. MoMA HON, City Clerk.